authority

legitimate power to decide or authorize
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authority

Summary

authority is a concept[1]. authority draws 1,368 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #126 of 912).[2]

Key Facts

  • authority's instance of is recorded as concept[3].
  • authority is a type of role[4].
  • authority's Commons category is recorded as Authority[5].
  • authority's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Authority[6].
  • authority's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Power (social and political)[7].
  • authority's facet of is recorded as governing body[8].
  • authority's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory[9].
  • authority's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • authority's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • authority's described by source is recorded as Lean Logic[12].
  • authority's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • authority's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • authority's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator[15].
  • authority's different from is recorded as authority[16].
  • authority's uses is recorded as power[17].
  • authority's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].

Body

Definition and Type

authority's instance of is recorded as concept[3]. authority is a type of role[4].

Why It Matters

authority draws 1,368 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #126 of 912).[2] authority has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] authority is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_authority_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{authority}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/authority}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 22d ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0007227-autorita
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0007227-autorita, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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